Letters from Egypt, 1863-65 |
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Abab'deh Alee Alexandria Alim amused Arab asked Aswán Asyoot baksheesh beautiful Bedawee boat bread brother Cairo captain cattle Christians coffee cold Copt Coptic course curious dahabeeyeh darweesh delicious dinner donkey dragoman dressed Efendeena Efendi Egypt El-Karnak El-Uksur English Europeans eyes face fantasia Fat'hah fear feel Fellah Fellaheen Girgeh Girgis girl give hand handsome hareem Hasan hear heard Hekekian Bey Kádee kawás KHAMASEEN Kiné kissed Koran lady laughed LETTER little Ahmad live look lovely Lower Egypt Maohn memlook Mohammad mosque Mudeer Muslim never night Nile Nubian Omar Omar's Pasha piastres poor pray pretty Ramadán religion Reyyis Rougé salám Seleem sent servant Sheykh Yoosuf Sheykh-el-Beled Simoom slave steamer Sultan talk tell Thebes thee things to-day told tomb Turk Turkish Ulema Upper Egypt village weather wife woman women yesterday young Zeyneb